It is not hard to farm the first boss with a healer/dps combo, but I would imagine that not every class can solo it. If you're a dk, pally or druid, congratulations, kill the trash leading up to Attumen, then kill Attumen and collect lewtz.

You will probably have to farm it for a while. This is obvious to anyone who has read the comments on any other rare drop, in particular any rare mount drop.

This mount is the coolest ground mount in the game.

Let me defend #3 there for a second. There are other cool mounts in the game. Zulian Tiger, Amani War Bear, Spectral Tiger, Black Qiraji Battle Tank, Dark War Talbuk. There are a lot of other cool mounts, actually, and some of them probably look cooler than this one until you recognize something, something that is noticeable from every screenshot submitted to wowhead. And once you recognize it and keep in mind that virtually everything in Karazhan is of an undead nature, you will make a connection.

This mount has fangs. You are riding a vampire horse that is on fire. Let me repeat that. You are riding a vampire horse that is on fire. I don't even have to say anything else. "My mount is the Black Qiraji Battle Tank, a rare mount belonging only to the select few people who were selected as champions by the mortal races of Azeroth and the Bronze Dragonflight." "My mount is a vampire horse on fire." "You win."

And the rarity of it is arguably greater than many other mounts, for people who enjoy the "I have something you don't" factor. And one other small thing that helps secure this horsepire's position as the greatest ground mount in wow? Tauren can go through any door in the game on it without having to dismount. It's a small thing, but not being defeated by your own tremendous girth when you want to go through a door while mounted is a nice little bonus to riding a vampire horse. That is on fire.

This comment is so wonderful it may yet inspire a weekly column. So here's to you, droodhaxzomg. We salute you.

Comentario de TheAshenVerdict

Make sure your raid clears the surrounding area before engaging hogger, there is a very fast respawn timer for the adds.

Make sure your raid is fully buffed before even attempting him.

Phase 1:The fight starts when you engage Hogger, he will use http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=6730 on your MT, then switch to the THIRD highest person on threat. Because of this it is helpful to have 3 tanks, so the top 3 threat characters will be a tank.

He will use http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=6016 on his target, it is important that the off tank taunts Hogger off the MT, or else Hogger will hit for huge, unimaginable amounts.

Make sure the tanks are quick with the taunts, a Pierce Armor on the MT followed by a crit from Hogger can be disastrous.

Phase 2:Phase 2 starts when the first gnome mage with pink hair dies from an add, this is UNAVOIDABLE, if ANY gnome mage with pink hair dies ANYWHERE on the server, Hogger will enter Phase 2.

(Hogger can not be killed without entering phase 2, if you get him down to 10% while in Phase 1, he will enrage, stunning everyone in melee range, then use Glaive Throw at everyone who is not stunned, this will wipe the raid.)

If Hogger is not entering Phase 2, then a Gnome mage with pink hair MUST be sacrificed to the nearest Murloc, it is the only way.

In Phase 2, hogger starts making fires which the raid must move out of. This is a new idea that Blizzard gave only to Hogger and is completely original in every aspect of the game.

So, this will be new to people, especially if they have raiding experience.

MOVE OUT OF THE FIRES

Once Hogger gets to 10% he enters....

Phase 3

Hogger will start growing, after 1 minute into phase 3, Hogger will be the size of Gruul, and will start hitting your tanks so hard, there is no way they can survive. At this point, you should use all of your cooldowns, and the tanks will start to die, then the melee dps, then the healers, then the ranged dps.

At this point of the fight, http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=7937 will come out to assist your raid, he will be able to taunt Hogger off your raid, and if you have enough dps alive, you will be able to kill him.

Comentario de Arathian

on 2009-09-19T18:10:41-05:00

yeah,hogger strat takes my vote too.Also many saurfang jokes are win

Comentario de Skoro

on 2009-09-19T18:18:20-05:00

We often see in these large online games bitter-sweet victories and forgettable events; while it is true that the first time you sever the head of VanCleef you feel a surge of pride, it is sullied by the knowledge of the thousands that came before you and those who will soon follow.

Actual history has many more memorable events because they are truly that, history. While the actions are repeatable, none are equal to that original moment in any way, but merely act as homage to that unique moment. This however is one of those true moments of game history, set in a world where history is usually repeatable.

To most they only knew of it second-hand, a friend of a friend hearing something about a hasty Black Wing Lair run; while to others it was a frenzied pace of night-after-night raids and countless hours of grinding to help form this Champion, to help herald in this event.

You may still be able to grasp at shadows of what this once was, and follow the path of those who did it before you, but in this rarest of quests there are none on par with the champions who broke the seal of Ahn’Qiraj to face the would-be god C’Thun, and quest beside us a Scarab Lord.

They, and only they, opened the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj, and ended the Great War Effort.

Comentario de lostguide

on 2009-09-19T19:45:04-05:00

I still think that the koolest mount ever is the ZA War Bear- its a freaking bear designed to maul the crap out of Blood Elves that try to kill da voodoo!AND its blind and it STILL pwns.War Bear Fa Te Wa!